ISHR Australasian Section
@ishr-aus.bsky.social
Official Bluesky account of the Australasian Section of the International Society for Heart Research
Visit https://www.csanz.edu.au/Web/About/Partners/ISHR-Australasian-Section-Membership.aspx or http://ishrworld.org
Visit https://www.csanz.edu.au/Web/About/Partners/ISHR-Australasian-Section-Membership.aspx or http://ishrworld.org
For our next #ECIExcellence2025 nomination we have Osvaldo from @victorchang.edu.au! We asked for 2 but received a long list of achievements in 2025 🤩
What a stellar year Osvaldo!
What a stellar year Osvaldo!
November 24, 2025 at 5:24 AM
For our next #ECIExcellence2025 nomination we have Osvaldo from @victorchang.edu.au! We asked for 2 but received a long list of achievements in 2025 🤩
What a stellar year Osvaldo!
What a stellar year Osvaldo!
**Call for abstracts**
Abstract submissions open for CSANZ2026 in Sydney 6-9 August.
csanzasm.com/abstracts/ca...
For those with carer/child responsibilities ISHR will be offering our carer award for ECIs to help cover extra costs to attend the conference. Details coming soon!
Abstract submissions open for CSANZ2026 in Sydney 6-9 August.
csanzasm.com/abstracts/ca...
For those with carer/child responsibilities ISHR will be offering our carer award for ECIs to help cover extra costs to attend the conference. Details coming soon!
November 19, 2025 at 1:43 AM
**Call for abstracts**
Abstract submissions open for CSANZ2026 in Sydney 6-9 August.
csanzasm.com/abstracts/ca...
For those with carer/child responsibilities ISHR will be offering our carer award for ECIs to help cover extra costs to attend the conference. Details coming soon!
Abstract submissions open for CSANZ2026 in Sydney 6-9 August.
csanzasm.com/abstracts/ca...
For those with carer/child responsibilities ISHR will be offering our carer award for ECIs to help cover extra costs to attend the conference. Details coming soon!
Congratulations to our next #ECIExcellence2025 nominee, @rikeish.bsky.social from Monash University, on launching his first clinical trial, GRAINS-BP! This study investigates how dietary fibres and SCFAs may lower blood pressure through the gut–brain axis.
November 16, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Congratulations to our next #ECIExcellence2025 nominee, @rikeish.bsky.social from Monash University, on launching his first clinical trial, GRAINS-BP! This study investigates how dietary fibres and SCFAs may lower blood pressure through the gut–brain axis.
Our next #ECIExcellence2025 is a special one.
We’re celebrating Louise for her outstanding contribution to the ECI Committee over the past 4 years, including 3 as co-chair. Thank you for your leadership, enthusiasm, and dedication.
All the best for your next endeavor!
We’re celebrating Louise for her outstanding contribution to the ECI Committee over the past 4 years, including 3 as co-chair. Thank you for your leadership, enthusiasm, and dedication.
All the best for your next endeavor!
November 10, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Our next #ECIExcellence2025 is a special one.
We’re celebrating Louise for her outstanding contribution to the ECI Committee over the past 4 years, including 3 as co-chair. Thank you for your leadership, enthusiasm, and dedication.
All the best for your next endeavor!
We’re celebrating Louise for her outstanding contribution to the ECI Committee over the past 4 years, including 3 as co-chair. Thank you for your leadership, enthusiasm, and dedication.
All the best for your next endeavor!
Kicking off our #ECIExcellence2025 nominees we have Sanela Dozic from Monash University! 🎉
Sanela developed a new protocol to isolate heart muscle cells from tiny tissue samples, enabling true biological replicates for proteomics and deeper insights into cardiotoxicity. ❤️🔬
Sanela developed a new protocol to isolate heart muscle cells from tiny tissue samples, enabling true biological replicates for proteomics and deeper insights into cardiotoxicity. ❤️🔬
November 4, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Kicking off our #ECIExcellence2025 nominees we have Sanela Dozic from Monash University! 🎉
Sanela developed a new protocol to isolate heart muscle cells from tiny tissue samples, enabling true biological replicates for proteomics and deeper insights into cardiotoxicity. ❤️🔬
Sanela developed a new protocol to isolate heart muscle cells from tiny tissue samples, enabling true biological replicates for proteomics and deeper insights into cardiotoxicity. ❤️🔬
🎉 As the year winds down, it's time to reflect and celebrate! In research, the work may never feel "done" but progress always happens.
Whether it's a paper, a breakthrough, or a small lab win, we want to hear it.
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Whether it's a paper, a breakthrough, or a small lab win, we want to hear it.
forms.gle/HhjPJTEwYGD2...
Nominate an excellent ECI
The ISHR Australasia ECI Committee is accepting nominations of early career investigators (students all the way up to 8 years post-PhD) in the cardiovascular research field who have achieved something...
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October 23, 2025 at 1:23 AM
🎉 As the year winds down, it's time to reflect and celebrate! In research, the work may never feel "done" but progress always happens.
Whether it's a paper, a breakthrough, or a small lab win, we want to hear it.
forms.gle/HhjPJTEwYGD2...
Whether it's a paper, a breakthrough, or a small lab win, we want to hear it.
forms.gle/HhjPJTEwYGD2...
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Congratulations to our 2025 Heart Foundation funded researchers, who will share in $13.7 million to support 67 new cardiovascular research projects across Australia. 👏
Find out more about our newly funded researchers and their groundbreaking work. www.heartfoundation.org.au/research?&ut...
Find out more about our newly funded researchers and their groundbreaking work. www.heartfoundation.org.au/research?&ut...
October 22, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Congratulations to our 2025 Heart Foundation funded researchers, who will share in $13.7 million to support 67 new cardiovascular research projects across Australia. 👏
Find out more about our newly funded researchers and their groundbreaking work. www.heartfoundation.org.au/research?&ut...
Find out more about our newly funded researchers and their groundbreaking work. www.heartfoundation.org.au/research?&ut...
Reposted by ISHR Australasian Section
🫀 Our new study published this week in Nature Cardiovascular Research identifies a promising new therapeutic target for diabetic heart disease.
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Funded by HRC & @marsdenfund.bsky.social
🔗 rdcu.be/eIEN4
Funded by HRC & @marsdenfund.bsky.social
Targeted glycophagy ATG8 therapy reverses diabetic heart disease in mice and in human engineered cardiac tissues
Nature Cardiovascular Research - Mellor et al. report that deficiency of GABARAPL1, an ATG8-specific linking protein, impairs diastolic function in diabetic mice. This effect can be reversed by...
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October 1, 2025 at 4:58 AM
🫀 Our new study published this week in Nature Cardiovascular Research identifies a promising new therapeutic target for diabetic heart disease.
🔗 rdcu.be/eIEN4
Funded by HRC & @marsdenfund.bsky.social
🔗 rdcu.be/eIEN4
Funded by HRC & @marsdenfund.bsky.social
🎉 ECI Excellence 2025 nominations open 🎉
We are calling for nominations of ECIs (students → 8 yrs post-PhD) who achieved something excellent in 2025!
✅ Any achievement counts
✅ Self-nominations welcome
✅ Australasian only
📅 Deadline: 24 Nov
👉https://forms.gle/BxHmfvTurT2J2Soj6
We are calling for nominations of ECIs (students → 8 yrs post-PhD) who achieved something excellent in 2025!
✅ Any achievement counts
✅ Self-nominations welcome
✅ Australasian only
📅 Deadline: 24 Nov
👉https://forms.gle/BxHmfvTurT2J2Soj6
October 2, 2025 at 4:54 AM
🎉 ECI Excellence 2025 nominations open 🎉
We are calling for nominations of ECIs (students → 8 yrs post-PhD) who achieved something excellent in 2025!
✅ Any achievement counts
✅ Self-nominations welcome
✅ Australasian only
📅 Deadline: 24 Nov
👉https://forms.gle/BxHmfvTurT2J2Soj6
We are calling for nominations of ECIs (students → 8 yrs post-PhD) who achieved something excellent in 2025!
✅ Any achievement counts
✅ Self-nominations welcome
✅ Australasian only
📅 Deadline: 24 Nov
👉https://forms.gle/BxHmfvTurT2J2Soj6
That’s a wrap on another fantastic #CSANZ ASM! Incredible heart research from across AUS & NZ
Congratulations to all the presenters, awardees and the council and ECI committee on an outstanding program
See you in Sydney for #CSANZ2026
& ISHR 🌎congress 2031 down under!!🦘
Congratulations to all the presenters, awardees and the council and ECI committee on an outstanding program
See you in Sydney for #CSANZ2026
& ISHR 🌎congress 2031 down under!!🦘
August 18, 2025 at 2:03 AM
That’s a wrap on another fantastic #CSANZ ASM! Incredible heart research from across AUS & NZ
Congratulations to all the presenters, awardees and the council and ECI committee on an outstanding program
See you in Sydney for #CSANZ2026
& ISHR 🌎congress 2031 down under!!🦘
Congratulations to all the presenters, awardees and the council and ECI committee on an outstanding program
See you in Sydney for #CSANZ2026
& ISHR 🌎congress 2031 down under!!🦘
Happening now! 🚨 Mechanisms & Preclinical Discovery in Mezzanine 1, with talks from Prof Mathias Francois, Dr James McNamara, Dr Melissa Reichelt, Dr Amy Hanna, and Dr Drew Neavin on gene therapy, heart health, and complex traits. 🔬💡#CSANZ2025
August 16, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Happening now! 🚨 Mechanisms & Preclinical Discovery in Mezzanine 1, with talks from Prof Mathias Francois, Dr James McNamara, Dr Melissa Reichelt, Dr Amy Hanna, and Dr Drew Neavin on gene therapy, heart health, and complex traits. 🔬💡#CSANZ2025
Last day of #CSANZ2025, programme below!
August 16, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Last day of #CSANZ2025, programme below!
Incredible lineup at #CSANZ2025! Holly Voges on stem cell heart valves, Nathan Palpant on genetic heterogeneity, Simon Foster on fibrosis targets, @milesdeblasio.bsky.social on gene therapy, and Sonia Shah on health inequities. Exciting breakthroughs!
August 16, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Incredible lineup at #CSANZ2025! Holly Voges on stem cell heart valves, Nathan Palpant on genetic heterogeneity, Simon Foster on fibrosis targets, @milesdeblasio.bsky.social on gene therapy, and Sonia Shah on health inequities. Exciting breakthroughs!
Incredible lineup of presentations from #CSANZ2025, Holly Voges on stem cell heart valves, Nathan Palpant on genetic heterogeneity, Simon Foster on fibrosis targets, and @milesdeblasio.bsky.social on gene therapy for diabetic cardiomyopathy. Exciting breakthroughs!
August 16, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Incredible lineup of presentations from #CSANZ2025, Holly Voges on stem cell heart valves, Nathan Palpant on genetic heterogeneity, Simon Foster on fibrosis targets, and @milesdeblasio.bsky.social on gene therapy for diabetic cardiomyopathy. Exciting breakthroughs!
Professor Eliot Peyster presenting on 'Acute Stress Mechanisms in Cardiovascular Disease', exploring how stress impacts heart health using advanced techniques like digital pathology, spatial profiling, and AI to drive precision medicine breakthroughs. #CSANZ2025
August 16, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Professor Eliot Peyster presenting on 'Acute Stress Mechanisms in Cardiovascular Disease', exploring how stress impacts heart health using advanced techniques like digital pathology, spatial profiling, and AI to drive precision medicine breakthroughs. #CSANZ2025
A/Professor Anne K Lagendijk presenting on a novel pathway controlling junctional integrity in veins. Her research dives into how blood vessels adapt and function, using zebrafish models to study vascular health and disease. 🩸💡#CSANZ2025 @vessel-integrity.bsky.social
August 16, 2025 at 4:27 AM
A/Professor Anne K Lagendijk presenting on a novel pathway controlling junctional integrity in veins. Her research dives into how blood vessels adapt and function, using zebrafish models to study vascular health and disease. 🩸💡#CSANZ2025 @vessel-integrity.bsky.social
Professor Walter Thomas is presenting 'Protecting Hearts from Trastuzumab-Induced Cardiomyopathy.' A crucial topic in cardiac health and cancer treatment. #CSANZ2025
August 16, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Professor Walter Thomas is presenting 'Protecting Hearts from Trastuzumab-Induced Cardiomyopathy.' A crucial topic in cardiac health and cancer treatment. #CSANZ2025
Professor Norihiro Kato shares cutting-edge insights on 'Transcriptomics of Cardiovascular Disease – Where Are We?' 🧬🫀 His research explores the genetic and genomic mechanisms behind complex diseases like hypertension and CVD. #CSANZ2025
August 16, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Professor Norihiro Kato shares cutting-edge insights on 'Transcriptomics of Cardiovascular Disease – Where Are We?' 🧬🫀 His research explores the genetic and genomic mechanisms behind complex diseases like hypertension and CVD. #CSANZ2025
Huge congratulations to Emma Solly for winning the ISHR ECI Prize Session, and to Amanda Croft for taking out the Student Prize Session! Incredible talks from both – well deserved! 👏🎉 #CSANZ2025
August 16, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Huge congratulations to Emma Solly for winning the ISHR ECI Prize Session, and to Amanda Croft for taking out the Student Prize Session! Incredible talks from both – well deserved! 👏🎉 #CSANZ2025
Awesome science at the Mechanisms and Preclinical Discovery: ISHR Student Investigator Finalists session! Super impressed by all the student presentations 👏 #CSANZ2025
August 16, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Awesome science at the Mechanisms and Preclinical Discovery: ISHR Student Investigator Finalists session! Super impressed by all the student presentations 👏 #CSANZ2025
Join us for the ISHR Annual General Meeting and Dinner, taking place at 7:00 PM at The Charming Squire, an evening of connection, collaboration, and celebration with leaders in cardiovascular research!
August 15, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Join us for the ISHR Annual General Meeting and Dinner, taking place at 7:00 PM at The Charming Squire, an evening of connection, collaboration, and celebration with leaders in cardiovascular research!
Our last ECI finalist to present is Cheng Hwee Soh focuses on surveillance of left ventricular function in asymptomatic cancer survivors 🫀🔬 His research aims to improve early detection and long-term cardiac care for this vulnerable group. #CSANZ2025
August 15, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Our last ECI finalist to present is Cheng Hwee Soh focuses on surveillance of left ventricular function in asymptomatic cancer survivors 🫀🔬 His research aims to improve early detection and long-term cardiac care for this vulnerable group. #CSANZ2025
ECI finalist Janice Reid is mapping the functional and transcriptional landscape of heart signalling using ligand screening in human cardiac organoids 🫀🧪 #CSANZ2025
August 15, 2025 at 6:50 AM
ECI finalist Janice Reid is mapping the functional and transcriptional landscape of heart signalling using ligand screening in human cardiac organoids 🫀🧪 #CSANZ2025
ECI finalist Cathy Jenkins investigates sex differences in cardiac calcium channel function linked to fight-or-flight responses 🧬🫀 Her research sheds light on how biological sex influences heart performance under stress. #CSANZ2025
August 15, 2025 at 6:36 AM
ECI finalist Cathy Jenkins investigates sex differences in cardiac calcium channel function linked to fight-or-flight responses 🧬🫀 Her research sheds light on how biological sex influences heart performance under stress. #CSANZ2025
Our first ECI finalist Emma Solly shows that inhibition of miRNA-181c-5p rescues diabetes-impaired physiological angiogenesis in a model of diabetic peripheral arterial disease, offering new insight into therapeutic vascular repair. 🫀🔬
August 15, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Our first ECI finalist Emma Solly shows that inhibition of miRNA-181c-5p rescues diabetes-impaired physiological angiogenesis in a model of diabetic peripheral arterial disease, offering new insight into therapeutic vascular repair. 🫀🔬